衣索比亞簽證/Ethiopia visa

(1)搭飛機/By flight
一般外國人入境衣索比亞的方法，是花錢搭飛機到Addis Ababa機場，在機場取得落地簽證，拿台灣護照的我們也可以這樣做，只是有時官員搞不清楚「Republic of China」和「People Republic of China」的差別，要跟他們解釋一番，按照我們外交部的說辭，是「我國籍人士入境衣索匹亞，可比照中國大陸港澳人民待遇，免辦簽證」，差別是我們要花20美元，拿中國護照就免費，中國在非洲這幾個國家挺罩的。
The common way to enter Ethiopia is spending some money to fly to Addis Ababa airport, paying $20 ,then you could get a visa-on-arrival there. It's easy.

衣索比亞航空(Ethiopian Airline)是飛Addis Ababa最便宜的航空公司，但它的人員、系統服務都不太好；在某些起點訂的票(例如Juba)，沒辦法用信用卡付款，必須到航空公司的辦公室去，枯等十幾個小時，連黑人都等到火大。而且，拿某些護照的人(例如台灣)，是要先有簽證才能買機票的，還不能買單程，必須買來回，神奇吧，要去機場才能辦簽證，但沒簽證就不能買機票。
Ethiopian Airline is the cheapest airline company flying to Addis Ababa, but the service is not good enough. You couldn't pay with credit cards and get the electronic ticket at some origin(e.g.Juba). You would be waiting for a LONG time. They even don't allow some passport holders to buy the ticket without a valid visa. Yes, you could get the visa in airport, but you couldn't buy the flight ticket without the visa.

所以，如果你要飛Addis Ababa去辦落地簽證，請找可以用信用卡付款的航空公司/起點，確認你可以拿到電子機票，然後跟機場櫃台確認登機前他們會不會檢查簽證、檢查回程機票(或離境證明)，都沒問題再付錢。
If you want to get the visa-on-arrival in Addis Ababa airport, please find an airline company/origin of which you could pay with credit card and get the electronic ticket, and confirm with the check-in counter that if they would check your visa, return ticket(or departure certification) or not. Pay when you're sure that everything is OK.

(2)走陸路/By road
若打算走陸路入境，會麻煩很多；衣索比亞周邊的這幾個國家，包括蘇丹、南蘇丹、烏干達、肯亞、索馬利亞、吉布地(Djibouti)和厄利垂亞(Eritrea)，都有設使館，但大都只發簽證給當地人(或持有居留證的人)，允許發給第三國的，有，但不是每個地方，也僅限幾個國家，像在Juba，除了南蘇丹居民外，只發給其他不到二十個國家的人。另一個要注意的是邊境的情況，像衣索比亞與肯亞北部、索馬利亞南部的邊境是關閉的，而與南蘇丹的邊境根本沒有道路，想溜進去是會被槍殺的。

若要走陸路，請先確認邊境有開放，而且夠安全，然後確認你要辦的地方，可以給你簽證，就沒問題了。

It would be more annoying to enter Ethiopia by road. They have embassies in nearby countries, such as Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea, but usually they only issue visas to the residents. Some, not every, of these embassies would be able to issue visas to the foreigners, but not so many passport holders are allowed. Take Juba for example, the Ethiopia embassy here only issue visas to people from less than 20 countries. Moreover, please confirm the border situation before you apply the visa. Now the border between northern Kenya, southern Somalia and Ethiopia are closed. There's no roads neither vehicles passing through the border between South Sudan and Ethiopia. It might not be possible or cheaper to enter Ethiopia by road.

Make sure that the border you want to cross is open and safe enough, and the embassy you want to visit would be able to issue you the visa. Then you could enjoy Ethiopia overland.